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, and useful Improvements in Bedstea'dor BABNETTSHIAPIRO, F BROOKLYN,NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 9, 1909. Serial No. 521,806

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To all 'whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, BAnNii'r'r SI-IAPIRO, a citizen of the UnitedStates, `residing in Brooklyn, in the county of New, York, have inventedcertain new ners7 tion. This invention relates to brackets or cornermembers of .bedsteads especially metallic bedsteads, and has for itsobjectto provide an improved member in the nature of a tubular device,that can be formed from a stamping, thereby reducing tl-ie weight ofthese vmembers that have heretofore usually been a 'solid casting.

of which the following, is a specifica- -f ln the'accompanying drawingrepresenting embodiments of my invention, Figure 1 of Kings and State isa section through the corner iii'ember and adjacent portion of the post,being taken' on vthe line 1-1 of 2. Fig. `2 is a horizontal section onthe line 2*:2 indicated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on theline 8-3 indicated in Fig. 2. et shows if desired, is provided with awedge 34: se-

the corner member detached, partly broken to `show the interior. Fig. 5shows detached the angle brace for the corner member. Fig. 6 showsinverted the attaching end of the longitudinal or side bar. Fig. 7 showsthe attaching portion of the post with the two slots.

' member that is 'attached to the. side rail.

`shell 81 having Patented lteh. 1, 1910.

and 21 respectively. A post 22 is shown having slots 23 tonguesportions25 and 26'ion one side being'fthe extremities of the side wall,and also `abut- `and"p2-tinto 'whichpthe 81 and 19 eXtend,as showninFig. l. At the base of thetongues are abutment' ments 2 and 28 on theoppositeside` being y extremities ofthe wall 16. the post and limit theentrancefoftlie tongues. A wedge member is iiise ted in the openings20fand 21, the upperof which is made larger to,accommodatethe Theseenga-ge taper of the wedge, so that'when the wedge i is driven down thetongues will be drawn in until the four abutment faces aredrawn upagainst the post, and the corner member a size to receive the bracketmember, may loe/first slid on the post, and then the bracket entered'and secured as stated, when the sl'iell-will be locked in its usualposition.

is rigidly secured to the posti` If desiredfa `a suitable opening 32 ofThe side rail 33 that may be an angle bar cured to its vertical side,and sufliciently y off- E set thereon to enterthe opening 18in the `topY' Fig: 8 shows the wedge post instead of a round one.' Fig. 12 is a lhorizontal section on line 12-12 of Fig. 1-1.l Fig. 13 is a perspectiveview of the saine; and Fig. 14 shows the angle piece used inside of thesquare post. w

The corner member is shownas aflatsided tube preferably rectangular andbent up from a flat blank by giving it three right. i

,angle bends asat ci, and c, the edges d and e meeting to form thefourth angle, that is preferably one of the bottom edges.

y This member 14 is shown as having a coinparatively, narrow slot 15 in,the side 16 extending from the top down a portion ofA its length. Thetop meinber'l'has a slot 18 extending at right angles to the slot 15,and communicating therewith. This bracket member may beY secured to thepost in any suitable manner. It is showrt ias having its top and bottommembers extended at 8l and 19 forming tongues havingapertures l l ltube.

member 17, the side walls of theslot '15 inI the vertical member passingbetween the side faces of the wedge and the rail. Preferably a narrowstrip 35 is secured betweenn the wedge and the railwhich strip fills theopening 15.` `The with the wedge 341, and the combined inem` bei' may besecured to the rail by'rivets. The wedge member will snugly fit in i theslot 18 in the top member, while the vertical strip is preferably.integral slot 15 engaging the strip 35, will prevent A,

lateral movement. y l y Where the two edges d and e of the blank meet toform the corner'or edge of the reef taiig'ular tube-,an angle piece' issecured ,inv side to .insureI solidity and strengthen the angle piece iscut away belowrtlie opening 18` in the top wall `to admit `the wedge 34,

This angle piece has two parts 37Yaii`d 410o and is preferably providedwith flangesBQ and 40 extending inward in alineinent with the ends :ofthe slot 18,/w'hichflanges are slightly inclined jto engagetthe taperingedges of the wedge 34. `B

f this iueansthe wedge will tightly `engage throughout its length. Thebottom wall of the,` member preferably hasa slot. 42`opposite the slot18 whereby the wedge can projectthroughthe yat the head, r foot.

, In Figs. ll-lt the corner member is shown attached to a square post50. The construction-of the corner member is substantially the same, butthe slots in the square post are adjacent one side, and an angularmember 51 having slots 52 and"53 in its two sides is placed inside ofthepost, and a four-sided .wedge st is used, which engages the two y facesof the angle piece 51 to securely lock all of the parts in position.

It will be apparent, especially from the section of Fig. Q5, that thecorner will tit and can be rigidly' secured to bedposts both of smallerdiameter and of greater diameter, the slots being simply'made of a sizeto fit the tongues,.and the wedge will be driven down a greater or lessdistance, according to the diameter of the post` the taper of the wedgepermitting the attachment to different sizes of posts. And the sameapplies to the square posts shown in Figs. l1 and 12,' it being only-necessary to have the'corner bracket 51 of a size to fit into thesquare post. By this means the present objection tocorner brackets, ofrequiring the bracket to be shaped exactly corresponding to the size ofpost, is obviated, and my corner bracket is applicable to a largeVariation in size` of the bedposts.

Having thus claim:

l. A bedstead corner comprising a vflatsvide tubular me'mb'er'havingmeans for attachment with the bed post, one of the vertical sides of thecorner member havin a described my invention, I

narrow slot leading down fromthe top e ge,

the'top of the member having a slot extending perpendicular to said slotand'connected therewitlna side rail having a vertical wedge memberlocated inside of its vertical portion and offset therefrom, the wedgemember being of a size to fit in the said transverse slot inthe topmember of the 2. A ybedstead corner comprising a flatside tubular memberhaving rogections on twovopposite sides at one end or attachment memberlocated inside of its vertical portion and offset therefrom, the wedgemember being of a size to tit in the said transverse slot in the topmember of the corner.

3. A bedstead corner comprising a flatside tubular member having meansfor attachment with the bed post, one of the vertical sides of thecorner member having a narrow slot leading down from the top edge, thetop of the member having a slot extending perpendicular to seid slot andconnected therewith, a side rait having a vertical wedge member locatedinside of its vertical portion, the wedge member being of a size to fitin the said transverse slot in the top member of the corner, the wedgemember being offset from the vertical member and having a narrow stripconnecting the two members which strip is slidable in the ver,- ticalslot in the side member.

et. A bedstead corner comprising atlat-side tubular member having meansfor attachment with the bed-post, one of the vertical sides of thecorner member having a narrow slot leading` down from the top edge, thetop of the. member having a slot extending perpendicular to said slotand connected therewith, a side rail lhaving a vertical wedge memberlocated inside of .its vertical portion, the wedge member being of asize to tit in the said transverse slot in the top member of the corner,the wedge member being oiiset from the vertical member of the rail andhaving a narrov.` strip crmnecting the two members which strip isslidable in the vertical slot in the side member, the tubular memberhaving abutment portions in its bore to engage two opposite edges of thewedge member.

5. A bedstead corner comprising a iat.

side tubular men'iber having means for attachment with the bedpost, oneof the vertical sides of the corner member having a narrow slot leadingdown from the top edge, the top of the member having a slot extendingperpendicular to said slot and connected therewith, a side ra-il havinga vertical wedge member located inside of its vertical portion, thewedge member being of a size to fit in the said transverse slot in thetop member of the corner, the wedge member beingotfset from the vertical'meinber and having a strip connecting the two members which strip isslidable in the vertical slot in the side member, the tubular memberhaving an opening in the lower side alining with the said upper openingfor receiving the lower end of the wedge member.

6. A bedstead corner comprising` a {iatside tubular member having meansfor attachment with the bcd-post, one of the ver tical sides of thecornerv member having a narrow slot leading down from the top edge, thetop of the member having a slot eenen@ extending aerpendioular to saidslot and .wnneoted t ierewith, a side rail having a vertical wedgemember located inside of its vertical portlon, `vthe wedgeI member beinglofa size to fitl in the said transverse-slot in the top member ofthecorner,4 the wedge member being voffset from the vertical mem-A ber andhaving a narrow strip connecting the two members-which strip 1s slidabiein the vertical slot 1n the side member, the

' tubular member having abntment portions a size to fit in vthe' saidtransverse slot in` the top member of the corner, the wedge? in its boreto engage two opposite sides of .the wedge member, the tubular memberhav'- ying anbpening inthe lower Side alining with the'said upperopeningfor receiving the lower end of the wedge member.

7. A bedstead corner comprising a Hatside tubulaimember having means forat jt-achment with the bed post, one of the vertical sides-'of thecorner member having a narrow slot leading down from the topl edge, thetop of the member `having a. slot 'extending perpendicular to said slotand connected therewith, a .side rail having a vertioalwedge memberlocated inside of its vertical portion, the wedge member being of memberbeing oiset fromfche vertical member and having a narrow stripconnecting A the two members which strip is slidable in the verticalslot in the side member, the tubular member having an integraleXtenytical portion, the wedge member being of a size to fit in the'saidtransverse slot in the top of the corner member, the Wedge member beingoii'eet from the vertical member and having a narrow strip connecting.the two members which 'strip is slidable in the vertical Slot in theside member, the tubular `member being formed :from a Hatblank whoseedges meet at one of the four edges of the tube, the member having anangle piece at the said meeting edges secured inside to the contiguoussides one of which sides contains the said narrow slot, said angle piecehaving bent abutment portions for engaging the two narrow sides of thewedge.

BARNETT sHArino.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. REID, FRED. J. Donn..

